Ancient Papyrus Fragments

By Rima Chaddha

Posted 11.01.06

NOVA scienceNOW

During the Greek and Roman occupations of Eygpt, from 332 B.C. to A.D. 641, the city of Oxyrhynchus became the third-largest in Egypt. Even though the city remains buried, scholars know much about it—from myriad fragments of ancient writing on papyrus uncovered there in the 19th century. In this slide show, see a selection of papyrus writings that have revealed a city and a time.

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(Sermon on the Mount
by Carl Heinrich Bloch, Satyr with the Farmer by Jacob Jordaens)

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(Verses on the Labours of Heracles, Peri Aphrodision by
Sappho, The Art of Love by Philaenis, Letter of a Priest to a
Priestess, Acknowledgment of Indebtedness, Against
Philosophers, List of Articles for a Sacrifice, Oath Concerning
Care for Trees, and Copy of a Latin Will papyri)

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